Acceptability of financial incentives for breastfeeding: Thematic analysis of readers' comments to UK online news reports

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Giles, Emma L ^a   Holmes, Matthew ^b   McColl, Elaine ^b   Sniehotta, Falko F ^a   Adams, Jean M ^c  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Breastfeeding; Financial incentives; Netnography; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFANT; INTERNET; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNET; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84934947573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0549-5     Document Type: Article

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